A report by the University of Johannesburg's Centre for Sociological Research and Practice has revealed that black working-class communities are bearing the burden of the current electricity crisis. Titled 'Energy Racism: The Electricity Crisis in South Africa',  the report found that load reduction predominantly affects townships, with the power going off anywhere from two hours to an entire day. The research was conducted in Soweto and sought to explore the experiences, responses, and solutions of members of this community to the energy crisis. Yesterday power utility Eskom announced that it would increase load-shedding from stage 3 to stage 4 due to further loss in generating capacity.  For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to the director of the Centre for Sociological Research and Practice at the University of Johannesburg, Dr. Trevor Ngwane